Squad sheets: Aston Villa v Chelsea

While Aston Villa are not quite in relegation trouble – yet – they are in the middle of a miserable run of form, picking up four points from their last seven games and failing to record a single shot on target in their 3-0 defeat at Arsenal last Saturday. They will have to do without Alan Hutton while Ciaran Clark is still recovering from a knee problem. Chelsea have no new injury concerns and Salomon Kalou could keep his place ahead of Daniel Sturridge after scoring the winner against Benfica in the Champions League earlier this week. Tom Lutz